Systemic Family Constellations 

For the past few years I have been taken on a magical journey of work with Systemic Family Constellation Therapy. I have been attending small 1-3 day workshops with many facilitators all over the country, and have completed two longer facilitator trainings with William Mannle and Lucian M Schloss. I am offering group sessions in person and online, as well as one-on-one sessions in person and online as well. I am also offering this work to my Decluttering SHINE clients. Please email me for sessions and information.

Systemic Family Constellation is a therapeutic and facilitation approach developed by Bert Hellinger in the late 20th century. It’s based on the idea that individuals carry unconscious patterns, entanglements, and burdens from their family systems (sometimes across generations), and that these dynamics can strongly influence emotions, relationships, and even health.

 Core Principles 

         •       Belonging: Everyone in the family system has the right to belong. Exclusion leads to systemic imbalance.

         •       Order: Generational hierarchy matters (parents before children, first partners before later ones etc...). Orders of Love.

         •       Balance: There must be balance in giving and receiving in relationships.

 When these principles are disturbed, entanglements can arise — for example, someone unconsciously “carrying” the fate of a lost ancestor out of loyalty, or to belong, or to stay connected. 

Family constellation facilitation has been used for:

         •       Relationship difficulties.

         •       Patterns that repeat across generations.

         •       Trauma and grief.

         •       Psychosomatic symptoms.

         •       Even in organizational or business settings 

Changes that occur in constellations can ripple out in positive ways for the client and other members of their family or community. This work has been practiced around the world for over 30 years. Lack of familiarity with this kind of deep work can make it seem magical, but the experience is that of tapping into a larger truth. While Constellation Work is complicated to describe, it makes sense once you’ve experienced it.